jiān

shoulder

to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

door panel (户) + flesh (⺼) = the body's load-bearing flap

The shoulder is the flap of flesh that bears burdens — like a door panel (户) hung on the body. ⺼ grounds it in the physical body, making it the meaty joint where loads are carried.

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FleshSemantic
A single door panelSemantic

他把包放在左上。

tā bǎ bāo fàng zài zuǒ jiān shàng。

He put the bag on his left shoulder.

她一个人负着全家的生活。

tā yī gè rén jiān fù zhe quán jiā de shēng huó。

She alone shoulders the livelihood of the whole family.

Words with 肩

过肩摔

guò jiān shuāi

(judo) shoulder throw

双肩包

shuāng jiān bāo

backpack

露肩

lòu jiān

(of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring

骈肩

pián jiān

shoulder to shoulder

齐肩

qí jiān

level with one's shoulders

并肩

bìng jiān

alongside

五十肩

wǔ shí jiān

adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

仔肩

zī jiān

to bear responsibility for sth

凝肩

níng jiān

frozen shoulder (medicine)

勾肩搭背

gōu jiān dā bèi

(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders

卸肩儿

xiè jiān r

lit. a weight off one's shoulders

单肩包

dān jiān bāo

shoulder bag

More characters with 户